mandate
Authority's formal directive
A mandate is an authoritative order or command, often from a government or institution: The state issued a mask mandate.
It also means the authority granted by voters to elected officials: The landslide victory gave her a clear mandate for reform.
To mandate something is to require it officially.
The word carries weight—mandates aren't requests.
Methodical arrangement or request
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- instructionGuidance for action
ruling · injunction · fiat · ordinance · proclamation · prescription · dictum · mandamus
Formal permission granted
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
sovereignty · dominion · governance · consent · power · rule · leadership · administration
Those who cast ballots
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- ballotVoting document
- democracyRule by the people
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
constituency · polling · turnout · candidates · majority · plurality · suffrage · electorate
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- necessityIndispensable requirement
charge · stipulation · imperative · commitment · task · assignment · incumbency · prerequisite
Move between locations
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
entrustment · assignment · handover · commissioning · appointment · proxy · trusteeship · fiduciary
order
Methodical arrangement or request
instruction · ruling · injunction · fiat · ordinance · proclamation · prescription · dictum · mandamus · writ
authorization
Formal permission granted
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
jurisdiction · sovereignty · dominion · governance · consent · power · rule · leadership · administration · oversight
voters
Those who cast ballots
referendum · constituency · polling · turnout · candidates · majority · plurality · suffrage · electorate · primaries
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
necessity · charge · stipulation · imperative · commitment · task · assignment · incumbency · prerequisite · condition
transfer
Move between locations
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
consignment · entrustment · assignment · handover · commissioning · appointment · proxy · trusteeship · fiduciary · power of attorney
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- government powersexecutive power, judicial power, legislative power, war powers, police power
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
- regulationsrules, rule, regulations, regulation, law
- royal decreesroyal decree, royal decrees, decree, decrees, royal edict
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
mandatesuggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
request · recommendation · entreaty · petition · plea
mandateprohibition
Authoritative legal ban
ban · forbiddance · proscription · veto · denial
- vaccine mandatesLaws requiring protective shots
- mandatory serviceLegally required contribution
- mandatory minimumsLegally required base sentences
- public mandateVoter-granted authority to act
- vaccination mandatesLaws requiring immunization
- mask mandatePolicy requiring facial coverings